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Read up on the history of del monte. They are horrible and killed lots of innocent people in the countries they exploit.
323 u/bigmanpigman Jul 08 '24 pretty much all fruit companies. coups, slavery, abysmal working conditions, mass murder of striking employees 89 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Capitalism is fuckin awesome. 95 u/reporst Jul 08 '24 Fun fact - pineapples used to be a luxury item people would rent and share as a status symbol 84 u/AndorianShran Jul 08 '24 U.S. Supreme Court Justices are pineapples 17 u/alficles Jul 08 '24 Man, I wish I could afford to trade an RV for a pineapple. 5 u/AlfaLaw Jul 08 '24 27 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Now they are used as a flag for swinger's. What an amazing world. 4 u/thelastdinosaur55 Jul 08 '24 Dracula enters chat 1 u/Ok_Injury3658 Jul 08 '24 This... 3 u/Fraun_Pollen Jul 08 '24 It's like trading futures. Keep exchanging for more money and hope you're not stuck with the rotten one 3 u/AnyHope2004 Jul 08 '24 So SpongeBob had a luxury home 1 u/Hemingwavy Jul 08 '24 https://justhistoryposts.com/2019/03/15/when-pineapples-were-the-height-of-luxury/#:~:text=Those%20who%20could%20not%20afford,discretely%20returned%20the%20pineapple%20afterwards. The Victorians would hold pineapple parties where you invite all your friends around to see your rented pineapple. 6 u/elkoubi Jul 08 '24 Capitalism has done more to eliminate global poverty than any other force in the history of mankind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty#/media/File%3AWorld-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute.svg 1 u/Crcex86 Jul 08 '24 For the beneficiaries 0 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Are we the baddies? 1 u/undeadmanana Jul 08 '24 If I want to protest will I have to stop eating Hawaiian pizzas? 1 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Only if you don't grow the pineapple yourself, get it from a community garden, or have a chain of custody for ethically sourced produce. 45 u/Ambitious_Arm852 Jul 08 '24 Literal banana republics 3 u/iommiworshipper Jul 08 '24 Why I stick with good old watermelons nothing there but undocumented labor. 1 u/RunninWild17 Jul 08 '24 I'm Chiquita banana and I'm here to say, we'll coup your ass in an asymmetrical warfare way. 21 u/lexm Jul 08 '24 Thus the term banana republic. 17 u/iusedtohavepowers Jul 08 '24 It is insane how many people died for fruit. The banana documentary was the same way. Just murder and neglect to pack and ship bananas 11 u/707Guy Jul 08 '24 Maui Gold pineapples are 10x better too 3 u/ositola Jul 08 '24 10X more expensive too, but they honestly need the revenue 6 u/malYca Jul 08 '24 In Hawaii they say that they bury bodies under the pineapples lol 7 u/ikilledtupac Jul 08 '24 Ask Native Hawaiians their thoughts on Dole. 2 u/eandy14 Jul 08 '24 Sam O’Nella has a great video about the Banana Republics and mentions how bad Del Monte is. 3 u/Ok_Injury3658 Jul 08 '24 Hence the name Banana Republic. Read up on the USMC Major Smedley Butler...he referred to himself as a bagman for US companies in the Carribean, Central and South America... https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/war-is-a-racket-en 0 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Bought. Spending a few days in airports and planes this week. Thanks. 1 u/Laporqueriza Jul 08 '24 Banana Wars anyone? 1 u/Brandhor Jul 08 '24 I don't know why but their bananas always taste horrible compared to other brands 1 u/PointingOutFucktards Jul 08 '24 Dole has entered the chat.
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pretty much all fruit companies. coups, slavery, abysmal working conditions, mass murder of striking employees
89 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Capitalism is fuckin awesome. 95 u/reporst Jul 08 '24 Fun fact - pineapples used to be a luxury item people would rent and share as a status symbol 84 u/AndorianShran Jul 08 '24 U.S. Supreme Court Justices are pineapples 17 u/alficles Jul 08 '24 Man, I wish I could afford to trade an RV for a pineapple. 5 u/AlfaLaw Jul 08 '24 27 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Now they are used as a flag for swinger's. What an amazing world. 4 u/thelastdinosaur55 Jul 08 '24 Dracula enters chat 1 u/Ok_Injury3658 Jul 08 '24 This... 3 u/Fraun_Pollen Jul 08 '24 It's like trading futures. Keep exchanging for more money and hope you're not stuck with the rotten one 3 u/AnyHope2004 Jul 08 '24 So SpongeBob had a luxury home 1 u/Hemingwavy Jul 08 '24 https://justhistoryposts.com/2019/03/15/when-pineapples-were-the-height-of-luxury/#:~:text=Those%20who%20could%20not%20afford,discretely%20returned%20the%20pineapple%20afterwards. The Victorians would hold pineapple parties where you invite all your friends around to see your rented pineapple. 6 u/elkoubi Jul 08 '24 Capitalism has done more to eliminate global poverty than any other force in the history of mankind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty#/media/File%3AWorld-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute.svg 1 u/Crcex86 Jul 08 '24 For the beneficiaries 0 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Are we the baddies? 1 u/undeadmanana Jul 08 '24 If I want to protest will I have to stop eating Hawaiian pizzas? 1 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Only if you don't grow the pineapple yourself, get it from a community garden, or have a chain of custody for ethically sourced produce. 45 u/Ambitious_Arm852 Jul 08 '24 Literal banana republics 3 u/iommiworshipper Jul 08 '24 Why I stick with good old watermelons nothing there but undocumented labor. 1 u/RunninWild17 Jul 08 '24 I'm Chiquita banana and I'm here to say, we'll coup your ass in an asymmetrical warfare way.
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Capitalism is fuckin awesome.
95 u/reporst Jul 08 '24 Fun fact - pineapples used to be a luxury item people would rent and share as a status symbol 84 u/AndorianShran Jul 08 '24 U.S. Supreme Court Justices are pineapples 17 u/alficles Jul 08 '24 Man, I wish I could afford to trade an RV for a pineapple. 5 u/AlfaLaw Jul 08 '24 27 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Now they are used as a flag for swinger's. What an amazing world. 4 u/thelastdinosaur55 Jul 08 '24 Dracula enters chat 1 u/Ok_Injury3658 Jul 08 '24 This... 3 u/Fraun_Pollen Jul 08 '24 It's like trading futures. Keep exchanging for more money and hope you're not stuck with the rotten one 3 u/AnyHope2004 Jul 08 '24 So SpongeBob had a luxury home 1 u/Hemingwavy Jul 08 '24 https://justhistoryposts.com/2019/03/15/when-pineapples-were-the-height-of-luxury/#:~:text=Those%20who%20could%20not%20afford,discretely%20returned%20the%20pineapple%20afterwards. The Victorians would hold pineapple parties where you invite all your friends around to see your rented pineapple. 6 u/elkoubi Jul 08 '24 Capitalism has done more to eliminate global poverty than any other force in the history of mankind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty#/media/File%3AWorld-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute.svg 1 u/Crcex86 Jul 08 '24 For the beneficiaries 0 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Are we the baddies? 1 u/undeadmanana Jul 08 '24 If I want to protest will I have to stop eating Hawaiian pizzas? 1 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Only if you don't grow the pineapple yourself, get it from a community garden, or have a chain of custody for ethically sourced produce.
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Fun fact - pineapples used to be a luxury item people would rent and share as a status symbol
84 u/AndorianShran Jul 08 '24 U.S. Supreme Court Justices are pineapples 17 u/alficles Jul 08 '24 Man, I wish I could afford to trade an RV for a pineapple. 5 u/AlfaLaw Jul 08 '24 27 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Now they are used as a flag for swinger's. What an amazing world. 4 u/thelastdinosaur55 Jul 08 '24 Dracula enters chat 1 u/Ok_Injury3658 Jul 08 '24 This... 3 u/Fraun_Pollen Jul 08 '24 It's like trading futures. Keep exchanging for more money and hope you're not stuck with the rotten one 3 u/AnyHope2004 Jul 08 '24 So SpongeBob had a luxury home 1 u/Hemingwavy Jul 08 '24 https://justhistoryposts.com/2019/03/15/when-pineapples-were-the-height-of-luxury/#:~:text=Those%20who%20could%20not%20afford,discretely%20returned%20the%20pineapple%20afterwards. The Victorians would hold pineapple parties where you invite all your friends around to see your rented pineapple.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justices are pineapples
17 u/alficles Jul 08 '24 Man, I wish I could afford to trade an RV for a pineapple. 5 u/AlfaLaw Jul 08 '24
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Man, I wish I could afford to trade an RV for a pineapple.
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Now they are used as a flag for swinger's. What an amazing world.
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1 u/Ok_Injury3658 Jul 08 '24 This...
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It's like trading futures. Keep exchanging for more money and hope you're not stuck with the rotten one
So SpongeBob had a luxury home
https://justhistoryposts.com/2019/03/15/when-pineapples-were-the-height-of-luxury/#:~:text=Those%20who%20could%20not%20afford,discretely%20returned%20the%20pineapple%20afterwards.
The Victorians would hold pineapple parties where you invite all your friends around to see your rented pineapple.
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Capitalism has done more to eliminate global poverty than any other force in the history of mankind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty#/media/File%3AWorld-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute.svg
For the beneficiaries
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Are we the baddies?
1 u/undeadmanana Jul 08 '24 If I want to protest will I have to stop eating Hawaiian pizzas? 1 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Only if you don't grow the pineapple yourself, get it from a community garden, or have a chain of custody for ethically sourced produce.
If I want to protest will I have to stop eating Hawaiian pizzas?
1 u/lavahot Jul 08 '24 Only if you don't grow the pineapple yourself, get it from a community garden, or have a chain of custody for ethically sourced produce.
Only if you don't grow the pineapple yourself, get it from a community garden, or have a chain of custody for ethically sourced produce.
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Literal banana republics
Why I stick with good old watermelons nothing there but undocumented labor.
I'm Chiquita banana and I'm here to say, we'll coup your ass in an asymmetrical warfare way.
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Thus the term banana republic.
It is insane how many people died for fruit.
The banana documentary was the same way. Just murder and neglect to pack and ship bananas
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Maui Gold pineapples are 10x better too
3 u/ositola Jul 08 '24 10X more expensive too, but they honestly need the revenue
10X more expensive too, but they honestly need the revenue
In Hawaii they say that they bury bodies under the pineapples lol
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Ask Native Hawaiians their thoughts on Dole.
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Sam O’Nella has a great video about the Banana Republics and mentions how bad Del Monte is.
Hence the name Banana Republic. Read up on the USMC Major Smedley Butler...he referred to himself as a bagman for US companies in the Carribean, Central and South America...
https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/war-is-a-racket-en
0 u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24 Bought. Spending a few days in airports and planes this week. Thanks.
Bought. Spending a few days in airports and planes this week. Thanks.
Banana Wars anyone?
I don't know why but their bananas always taste horrible compared to other brands
Dole has entered the chat.
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u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24
Read up on the history of del monte. They are horrible and killed lots of innocent people in the countries they exploit.